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SUBMITTER: Zou X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6920409 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zou Xingli X Ji Li L Ge Jianbang J Sadoway Donald R DR Yu Edward T ET Bard Allen J AJ
Nature communications 20191218 1
Crystalline-silicon solar cells have dominated the photovoltaics market for the past several decades. One of the long standing challenges is the large contribution of silicon wafer cost to the overall module cost. Here, we demonstrate a simple process for making high-purity solar-grade silicon films directly from silicon dioxide via a one-step electrodeposition process in molten salt for possible photovoltaic applications. High-purity silicon films can be deposited with tunable film thickness an ...[more]